did what to whom, and she was always available with a phone number or e-mail address of someone I needed to talk to.
Finally, this book literally could not have been written without the assistance of Janet Walsh. Through a very long haul, she offered nothing but faith, support,and incredible patience. She helped me talk through problems and issues, listened to stories, read through drafts, and allowed me the freedom to carve out a niche in a very challenging profession, even when it seemed like a long shot. Not to mention the marathon editing session in 95-degree heat. I canât express how much I appreciate all of this and more.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Primary sources for this book include nearly one hundred interviews with former law enforcement, intelligence, and diplomatic officials in both the United States and Bosnia; American jihadists and their families; victims of jihadist violence; and other individuals directly involved in the events described in this book. Document sources include
⢠Thousands of pages of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, including documents pertaining to the September 11 attacks, the Siege of Mecca, the war in Bosnia, the jihad against the Soviet Union, and Egyptian extremist groups.
⢠Thousands of pages of documents obtained from the National Archives pertaining to Anwar Awlaki and the activities of the September 11 hijackers in America.
⢠Court records from dozens of prosecutions of American jihadists, mostly obtained through PACER, as well as several thousand pages of exhibits pertaining to the Al Kifah Center in Boston, obtained from the U.S. Attorneyâs office in Boston.
⢠Documents pertaining to al Qaeda and Ali Mohamed that were obtained during the making of the 2007 National Geographic Channel documentary
Triple Cross: Bin Ladenâs Spy in America
.
⢠Several thousand pages of intelligence and al Qaeda documentspertaining to the war in Bosnia obtained during the making of the 2010 European television documentary
Sarajevo Ricochet
.
â¢Court transcripts from major terrorism trials, especially
USA v. bin Laden et al.
(2001) and
USA v. Abdel Rahman et al.
(1995).
â¢A wide number of books and newspaper reports were consulted during the research process for this book. Especially valuable were reports from the
New York Times
, the
Washington Post
, and the
L.A. Times
. Books to which the author is especially indebted include
The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It
, by John Miller and Michael Stone with Chris Mitchell (Hyperion, 2003), and
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
, by Lawrence Wright (Knopf, 2006).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. M. Berger has been a journalist for more than twenty years. His writing has appeared in the
Boston Globe
and the
San Francisco Examiner
, and he has produced programming on terrorism and national security for National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and the National Geographic Channel. His recent work includes
Sarajevo Ricochet
, a 2010 European television documentary about the mujahideen in Bosnia. Berger is the founder and the editor of the terrorism news and research website Intelwire.com, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Finally, this book literally could not have been written without the assistance of Janet Walsh. Through a very long haul, she offered nothing but faith, support,and incredible patience. She helped me talk through problems and issues, listened to stories, read through drafts, and allowed me the freedom to carve out a niche in a very challenging profession, even when it seemed like a long shot. Not to mention the marathon editing session in 95-degree heat. I canât express how much I appreciate all of this and more.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Primary sources for this book include nearly one hundred interviews with former law enforcement, intelligence, and diplomatic officials in both the United States and Bosnia; American jihadists and their families; victims of jihadist violence; and other individuals directly involved in the events described in this book. Document sources include
⢠Thousands of pages of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, including documents pertaining to the September 11 attacks, the Siege of Mecca, the war in Bosnia, the jihad against the Soviet Union, and Egyptian extremist groups.
⢠Thousands of pages of documents obtained from the National Archives pertaining to Anwar Awlaki and the activities of the September 11 hijackers in America.
⢠Court records from dozens of prosecutions of American jihadists, mostly obtained through PACER, as well as several thousand pages of exhibits pertaining to the Al Kifah Center in Boston, obtained from the U.S. Attorneyâs office in Boston.
⢠Documents pertaining to al Qaeda and Ali Mohamed that were obtained during the making of the 2007 National Geographic Channel documentary
Triple Cross: Bin Ladenâs Spy in America
.
⢠Several thousand pages of intelligence and al Qaeda documentspertaining to the war in Bosnia obtained during the making of the 2010 European television documentary
Sarajevo Ricochet
.
â¢Court transcripts from major terrorism trials, especially
USA v. bin Laden et al.
(2001) and
USA v. Abdel Rahman et al.
(1995).
â¢A wide number of books and newspaper reports were consulted during the research process for this book. Especially valuable were reports from the
New York Times
, the
Washington Post
, and the
L.A. Times
. Books to which the author is especially indebted include
The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It
, by John Miller and Michael Stone with Chris Mitchell (Hyperion, 2003), and
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
, by Lawrence Wright (Knopf, 2006).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. M. Berger has been a journalist for more than twenty years. His writing has appeared in the
Boston Globe
and the
San Francisco Examiner
, and he has produced programming on terrorism and national security for National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and the National Geographic Channel. His recent work includes
Sarajevo Ricochet
, a 2010 European television documentary about the mujahideen in Bosnia. Berger is the founder and the editor of the terrorism news and research website Intelwire.com, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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